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Photo 1 of 29"I believe the OSCE should take more courageous actions and push sovereign States to commit to the Helsinki Final Act." - Vusal Mammadov, 26, from Sumgait in Azerbaijan, now living in Brussels, where he heads the Forum of Azerbaijani Students in Europe. (OSCE/Susanna Loof) -
Photo 2 of 29"The fact we are already active means we have hope that we can create change. We just show how it can be done. I think this is what distinguishes the youth from the generations before us." - Khatuna Tsintsadze, 29, head of a human rights NGO, Tbilisi. (OSCE/Susanna Loof) -
Photo 3 of 29"I was surprised how similar our recommendations were. There were some basic themes we all touched upon." - Kyle Jones, 24, student, Boston, USA. (OSCE/Susanna Loof) -
Photo 4 of 29Jacob Halldorsson, 24, of Denmark, delivers the final declaration at the Madrid Youth Forum, 6 November 2007. Seated next to him is Enrique Asorey, Director for Multilateral and OSCE Affairs in the Spanish Foreign Ministry. (OSCE/Susanna Loof) -
Photo 5 of 29"This is a good meeting. There are a lot of interesting people, interesting ideas and interesting information about the situation in different countries." - Natali Obrovets, 21, youth organization leader, Minsk, Belarus. (OSCE/Susanna Loof) -
Photo 6 of 29OSCE Chairman-in-Office and Spanish Foreign Minister, Miguel Angel Moratinos (right), with the Head of the Spanish OSCE Chairmanship Task Force, Ambassador Jose Angel Lopez Jorrin, at the Madrid Youth Forum, 6 November 2007. (OSCE/Susanna Loof) -
Photo 7 of 29"The main achievement of this meeting is that fact that this is the first occasion for young people of the OSCE area to try to be involved in the decision-making process of the OSCE countries." - Jarek Domanski, 28, Warsaw, Poland. (OSCE/Susanna Loof) -
!["We [young people] have a role in enlightenment, to ensure young fundamentalists in our home communities don't evolve into terrorists." - Jacob Halldorsson, 24, truck driver representing the Danish People's Party youth branch, Kolding, Denmark. (OSCE/Susanna Loof)](http://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/gallery_thumbnail/images/web/2/1/7727.jpg?1293041681 "\"We [young people] have a role in enlightenment, to ensure young fundamentalists in our home communities don't evolve into terrorists.\" - Jacob Halldorsson, 24, truck driver representing the Danish People's Party youth branch, Kolding, Denmark. (OSCE/Susanna Loof)")
Photo 8 of 29"We [young people] have a role in enlightenment, to ensure young fundamentalists in our home communities don't evolve into terrorists." - Jacob Halldorsson, 24, truck driver representing the Danish People's Party youth branch, Kolding, Denmark. (OSCE/Susanna Loof) -
!["I think the conference is important because maybe we can get some constructive and creative solutions [to problems] that we are dealing with now. And maybe we can get a different focus in the solutions."
- Gabriel Bake, 27, student, Jonkoping, Sweden. (OSCE/Susanna Loof)](http://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/gallery_thumbnail/images/web/0/d/7717.jpg?1293042216 "\"I think the conference is important because maybe we can get some constructive and creative solutions [to problems] that we are dealing with now. And maybe we can get a different focus in the solutions.\"
- Gabriel Bake, 27, student, Jonkoping, Sweden. (OSCE/Susanna Loof)")
Photo 9 of 29"I think the conference is important because maybe we can get some constructive and creative solutions [to problems] that we are dealing with now. And maybe we can get a different focus in the solutions." - Gabriel Bake, 27, student, Jonkoping, Sweden. (OSCE/Susanna Loof) -
Photo 10 of 29"I hope that the OSCE will get some ideas for reforms, for change, from this meeting." - Bekim Krasniqi, 29, psychology student, Pristina. (OSCE/Susanna Loof) -
Photo 11 of 29"I hope to learn something new, to improve my existing knowledge and to meet some interesting young people who want to improve the future." - Sanja Major, 27, university graduate, Zagreb, Croatia. (OSCE/Susanna Loof) -
Photo 12 of 29"In our group, we are talking about how to create a society where people are more active toward creating cultural diversity and tolerance - and breaking stereotypes." - Carlota Linares, 26, project manager at the NGO Helsinki Espana, Menorca, Spain. (OSCE/Susanna Loof) -
Photo 13 of 29"I would like to meet new people and find ways I can share ideas and opinions. For me, it's very important to discuss, with young people, current social problems, for example terrorism and pollution." - Stanislava Matugova, 18, student, Maten, Slovakia. (OSCE/Susanna Loof) -
Photo 14 of 29"At this meeting, we have open discussion of different questions. We have the possibility to discuss them without any criticism from the different sides." - Igor Pivovar, lawyer at the NGO Centre for Inter-ethnic Research, Chisinau, Moldova. (OSCE/Susanna Loof) -
Photo 15 of 29"This meeting is important because it gives an opportunity to the leaders of the future to meet and discuss important issues." - Michael Botstein, 24, student from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. (OSCE/Susanna Loof) -
Photo 16 of 29A meeting of one of the working groups at the Madrid Youth Forum, 5 November 2007. (OSCE/Susanna Loof) -
Photo 17 of 29OSCE Chairman-in-Office and Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos talks to Stanislava Matugova, an 18-year-old student from Maten, Slovakia, at the Madrid Youth Forum, 5 November 2007. (OSCE/Susanna Loof) -
Photo 18 of 29Participants register at the start of the Madrid Youth Forum, 5 November 2007. (OSCE/Susanna Loof) -
Photo 19 of 29"It's very important to see concrete steps in my country, not just talk about problems, but do something. I hope that the meeting will be very useful and that we will feel safer in our countries." - Miriama Hudakova, 18, student, Kosice, Slovakia. (OSCE/Susanna Loof) -
Photo 20 of 29"If there is any hope for change, change will come from the youth." - Soushiant Zanganehpour, 25, Iran project co-ordinator at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. (OSCE/Susanna Loof) -
Photo 21 of 29"The role of youth is to educate other youngsters around us, to promote dialogue and mutual understanding between cultures and religions to prevent conflicts and terrorist acts." - Antonina v. Roussera, 25, Spanish School of Diplomacy student from Sofia. (OSCE/Susanna Loof) -
Photo 22 of 29Family photo with OSCE Chairman-in-Office and Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos at the Madrid Youth Forum, 5 November 2007. (OSCE/Susanna Loof) -
Photo 23 of 29Chairman Miguel Angel Moratinos smiles after posing for a family photo with participants at the OSCE Youth Forum in Madrid, 5 November 2007. (OSCE/Susanna Loof) -
!["If the OSCE can take the [meeting's conclusions] into account, can see it as something serious, we will appreciate it." - Pelin Musabay, 24, student and youth activist, Istanbul, Turkey. (OSCE/Susanna Loof)](http://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/gallery_thumbnail/images/web/4/5/7724.jpg?1293042162 "\"If the OSCE can take the [meeting's conclusions] into account, can see it as something serious, we will appreciate it.\" - Pelin Musabay, 24, student and youth activist, Istanbul, Turkey. (OSCE/Susanna Loof)")
Photo 24 of 29"If the OSCE can take the [meeting's conclusions] into account, can see it as something serious, we will appreciate it." - Pelin Musabay, 24, student and youth activist, Istanbul, Turkey. (OSCE/Susanna Loof) -
Photo 25 of 29Sanja Major, 27, of Zagreb, Croatia (left) and Katarina Vojtekova, 20, of Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, share a laugh with OSCE Chairman-in-Office and Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos at the Madrid Youth Forum, 5 November 2007. (OSCE/Susanna Loof) -
Photo 26 of 29"I hope that there will be a road for the role of the youth and I hope that the conclusions at this meeting will be taken into consideration in future actions." - Seila Abdias, 22, political scientist and intern at the Foreign Ministry, Bucharest. (OSCE/Susanna Loof) -
Photo 27 of 29OSCE Chairman-in-Office and Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos addresses the opening of the Madrid Youth Forum, 5 November 2007. (OSCE/Susanna Loof) -
Photo 28 of 29"We took 25 young Serbs from Serbia who didn't believe in Srebrenica. We spent two days there, speaking to young people. There was a total change in the attitude of those young people from Serbia." - Ivan Kuzminovic, 26, sociologist, Belgrade, Serbia. (OSCE/Susanna Loof) -
Photo 29 of 29"I want to see results, something I can use in the future to help young people. Something new, where we can work together. I want to change, to help. Not just to talk, but to see some results." - Katarina Vojtekova, 20, student, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia. (OSCE/Susanna Loof)
!["We [young people] have a role in enlightenment, to ensure young fundamentalists in our home communities don't evolve into terrorists." - Jacob Halldorsson, 24, truck driver representing the Danish People's Party youth branch, Kolding, Denmark. (OSCE/Susanna Loof)](http://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/medium/images/hires/2/1/7727.jpg?1293709647 "\"We [young people] have a role in enlightenment, to ensure young fundamentalists in our home communities don't evolve into terrorists.\" - Jacob Halldorsson, 24, truck driver representing the Danish People's Party youth branch, Kolding, Denmark. (OSCE/Susanna Loof)")
!["I think the conference is important because maybe we can get some constructive and creative solutions [to problems] that we are dealing with now. And maybe we can get a different focus in the solutions."
- Gabriel Bake, 27, student, Jonkoping, Sweden. (OSCE/Susanna Loof)](http://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/medium/images/hires/0/d/7717.jpg?1269002197 "\"I think the conference is important because maybe we can get some constructive and creative solutions [to problems] that we are dealing with now. And maybe we can get a different focus in the solutions.\"
- Gabriel Bake, 27, student, Jonkoping, Sweden. (OSCE/Susanna Loof)")
!["If the OSCE can take the [meeting's conclusions] into account, can see it as something serious, we will appreciate it." - Pelin Musabay, 24, student and youth activist, Istanbul, Turkey. (OSCE/Susanna Loof)](http://www.osce.org/files/imagecache/medium/images/hires/4/5/7724.jpg?1293039481 "\"If the OSCE can take the [meeting's conclusions] into account, can see it as something serious, we will appreciate it.\" - Pelin Musabay, 24, student and youth activist, Istanbul, Turkey. (OSCE/Susanna Loof)")
